Thailand's political crisis is set to enter a tumultuous new phase on Monday with the planned "shutdown" of Bangkok by opposition protesters seeking to prevent upcoming elections. Duration: 01:11Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi/ Kolkata, Jan 11 (ANI): In a fresh setback to judiciary system in India, another former judge of Supreme Court, Swatanter Kumar was accused of sexual assault by a law intern, sparking debates on the credibility of the judicial system. The young law graduate who is also an alumnus of Kolkata-based National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) alleged sexual harassment by Kumar, who worked with her in 2011.Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): IBN7’s former managing editor and one of India’s most well known faces of Indian journalism, Ashutosh, on Saturday formally joined the Aam Aadmi Party. Earlier, Ashutosh quit from the IBN7 where he worked for over seven years. A series of tweets from the TV journalist showed his inclination towards the party.Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): After formally joining AAP on Saturday, Ashutosh said that the party and the common man need to change the entire system. He said that this is for the first time after India’s independence that people of India have come together to bring the nation together. Ashutosh said that the party came from Anna Hazare’s campaigning days, inspired by which he wrote a book, ‘Anna: 13 Days That Awakened India’.Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party President Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said that Congress is the natural ally of the party and that there is no question on alliance with the same. Commenting on whether the party will form alliance with RJD or JD (U), Paswan said that the congress party will decide on the third partner.Jan 11, 2014

Pune, Jan 11 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying that on one hand he advocates for corruption free politics and has taken Congress party’s support, on the other. Ramdev said that Congress is world’s most corrupt party. Ramdev added that if Kejriwal wants to ensure corruption-free nation, he should put former Delhi state chief Sheila Dikshit, behind bars. Meanwhile taking a dig at Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi, Ramdev said he just has a famous surname.Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): After AAP expressed that some political parties are trying to disrupt their rally in Amethi, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said that AAP has a tendency of making excuses and doing gimmicks and that Amethi is attached to Rahul Gandhi. He said that the congress party cannot bring crowd in Amethi for AAP. Further, reacting on chaos in Arvind Kejriwal’s 'janta darbar’, Tiwari said that if Kejriwal is unable to handle a crowd, how will he assure the security of Delhi.Jan 11, 2014

Chennai, Jan 11 (ANI): After a chaos failed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's 'janta darbar' on Saturday, Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said that every good governance organize public hearing but with proper plan and at proper place. Bedi said that such meeting are not done on the roads, which definitely invites chaos from the mob. She further said that there should be a maturity and experience in the government.Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi/ Patna, Jan 11 (ANI): Diplomat Devyani Khobragade flew back to New Delhi on Friday after a deal between the US and India in which she was indicted but granted diplomatic immunity from visa fraud charges. JD (U) leader Shivanand Tiwari and Congress Spokesperson, Meem Afzal said that the stalemate between both the countries would continue as the matter remains unresolved.Jan 11, 2014

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): After Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Janata Darbar had to be called off because of overcrowd and chaos, the CM said that the expectations of people have multiplied from his party. Kejriwal stated that maximum complaints had come from government employees and on water and electricity issues.Jan 11, 2014

Bhopla/ Mumbai, Jan 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur yet again stirred up controversy after he said that crime against women is less in Chennai as they are "fully-clothed." It is not the first time when Gaur has made such remarks. Gaur was in limelight in 2013 also for condemning Western culture. Gaur attributed the low crime rate in South India to the full clothes worn by women and said that people in south are more religious because of which they have good relations between them and thereby the city witnesses less crime. During the inauguration of the Ayodhya Nagar Police Station on Thursday, he made this remark which brought criticism. Senior advocate and social activist Abha Singh condemned the statement and said that Gaur must apologise.Jan 11, 2014

Trivandrum, Jan 11 (ANI): Hundreds of people gathered in Trivandrum on Saturday to take part in a marathon to create awareness about the cancer disease and support the underprivileged cancer patients. Thousands of men, women and children participated in the annual run to raise the funds for the patients in the regional Cancer centre. The run started from Kanakakunnu palace in Trivandrum at 6.30 am. Theme for the marathon was to 'RUN FOR LIFE'. A participant, Ajith Kumar expressed sheer happiness and said youngsters as well as elderly were very happy to be a part of this run.Jan 11, 2014